12 Facts About Japanese Incarceration in the United States
On February 19, 1942, FDR sanctioned the removal of Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese heritage from their homes to be imprisoned in camps throughout the country.
On February 19, 1942, FDR sanctioned the removal of Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese heritage from their homes to be imprisoned in camps throughout the country.
In 1952, at the height of the Cold War, elementary schools in Lake County, Indiana asked hundreds of students to line up, raise their arms, and get ready for the stabbing pain of a tattoo gun, all in the service of post-apocalyptic blood transfusions.
She debated with Queen Elizabeth I, sat at the head of a prosperous pirate empire, and told the English where to go.
To make the banknotes, Nazis relied on forced labor from artists, bankers, and known forgers being held captive in concentration camps.
In 1628, the 'Vasa' sank on its maiden voyage. For the next 300 years, it sat in a watery grave—until one man sparked a monumental effort to salvage it.
During World War II, even America's "greatest thing" wasn't safe.
An ingenious way to take aerial photos.
The celebrated chldren's host aired segments in 1983 that demonstrated the perils of nuclear war in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
WWI fighters had a lot to fear in battle—but few thought they'd be battling wolves.
Get to know the pony-riding, eel-eating, cave-dwelling rogue who became Scotland's most famous king.
Advances in DNA technology have made it possible to identify previously unknown victims.
The story of how a swashbuckling duck became a sergeant with honors in the United States Marine Corps.
Hester Pulter broke convention—and the expectations of her gender and class—by writing about science and politics.
"The war to end war" finally ends.
Central Europe fragments while Germany sees the final throes of battle.
Among the American Revolution's many heroes, Crispus Attucks is immortalized as the "first to defy, the first to die."
The Central Powers are close to giving up.
Germany and its allies face defeat, with Allied victories including American Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Lawrence of Arabia returns.
Here's everything you need to know about the last major engagement in the War of 1812.
The ships moored together and formed a micronation. (It might as well have been an adult summer camp.)
The Spanish flu epidemic sweeps ever more lethally through war-torn Europe.
Could Texas ever be returned to Mexico? In 1917, Germany tried.
In 1830, King William I of Netherlands celebrated his birthday with an opera. The performance would help destroy his country.